By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:56:45 +0000

John, I encourage you to expose “this bad something” to the Father. Ask for forgiveness. Bring it out in the open in your conversation with God. If possible, find a trusted friend to share the “something” with. What we keep inside is what the evil one uses to torment us. There’s a saying…”We’re only as sick as the secrets we keep.” I’ve experienced the healing freedom of exposing every part of me to God. He’s an amazing forgiver. May peace be yours.

By: john

john — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:27:25 +0000

all i can say is that God is good and i hope that He and his will, will always prevail in your life, Thank you for sharing, it is encouraging, because i’m thinking maybe one day i’ll experience a release from this bad something that seems to have a hold on me.

By: Tasha

Tasha — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:55:22 +0000

When I was 5 years old, I was ticked into thinking sex was a game by some neighborhood kids. This continued until I was 7 when they moved away. I started going to church with my mom again, and the pastor spoke about sex before marraige being a sin. I instantly felt that I wasn’t wanted by God because I had let the boys tell me sex was a game. I struggled with this for years. I told friends, but never my parents. I was too ashamed to tell them. I feared that they would tell me just what I thought. That it was my fault, that I was bad and a sinner. That God didn’t want me anymore. I started going to church again in the 7th grade. It was the first time in a long long time. At first I didn’t feel like I belonged there, but after going there awhile, I realized that it wasn’t my fault, that my innocence was taken from me. Even as I started to go to church, I now struggled with the battle of masterbation. Some say it’s right, some say it’s not. I didn’t feel it was right, but I struggled with it. I continued to struggle for years. I know go to a different church, but I love it. We had a guest speaker earlier this year, that just touched my life in an unbelievable way. He spoke about different people he felt were in the room. Then he said “I feel there’s a girl who was raped when she was 5.” It hit home hard when he said that. I instantly started crying but I felt the comfort of God come around me as I cried out all the pain that I had been holding back for all those years. I’m tearing up while typing this now, but I felt so much love around me, I felt free and forgiven for the first time in years. I continued to struggle with my addiction to masterbation, but I looked to God to help me fight it. I fell many times. I’m not going to lie and say that I stopped immediatly. I struggled and I fell many many times. But I didn’t give up. I looked to God even harder and asked him silently to help me with this struggle. I know the devil was chaining my hands to this addiction. But with God’s help I was able to break the addiction and become closer to him because of it. God is absolutly amazing.

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